Grove Hill Elementary School

Located at 450 West Cobb Street, in Grove Hill, Alabama, Grove Hill Elementary School is an intimate elementary campus that hosts 348 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by Clarke County. Enrollment runs roughly 28% below the state mean of about 480.

Across the 7 schools in Clarke County (2,130 students total), Grove Hill Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Grove Hill Elementary School records that 57% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest is composed of 33% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Clarke County as a whole is about 45% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grove Hill Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 29.5%; this one delivers 47.0%, a residual of +17.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Clarke County put median household earnings sit near $49,249, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clarke County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,143 students), Grove Hill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clarke County High School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Grove Hill Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grove Hill Elementary School has climbed 4%, going from 335 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 66% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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